I'm pretty hard on soccer, or futbol for the true disciples. I like it about as much as I like baseball, and for pretty much the same reasons. There seems to be a lot of time without much happening, and if you can settle the whole thing with penalty kicks at the end of a long match, why not just do that to begin with?
I realize it's a huge international event, so I've softened my stance a bit. As of last week prior to the USA loss there were suddenly about 532 million fans of USA soccer. It bugged me at first, but after some thinking on the subject, supporting the USA in a world-wide sporting event is okay with me. I realized that in a lot of ways it is like the Olympics. No one is following curling, badminton, beach volleyball, or speed skating at times other than the Olympics, but when the athletes are representing your country, you can get into it. I was amazed last week when I walked into the gym on base and there was hardly anyone working out, but there was a huge crowd standing around the TVs with about 10 minutes left in the Belgium/USA match.
So how about you guys? Did you watch any of the World Cup or have any interest in it? I didn't watch any of it. I was more interested the near win of another Grand Slam title for Federer and the start of the Tour de France. Did someone say doping in sports??
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